§ MR. JAMES O'CONNOR (Wicklow, W.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, whether he will state what facilities are to be offered to sorting clerks, postmen, and other Post Office officials during 1902 who desire to attend the Volunteer camps for annual training; and whether special leave, with full pay, will be granted as in former years.
§ THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN,) Worcestershire, E.So far as the exigencies of the service will admit, Volunteers employed in the Post Office will be allowed the same facilities this year that they were allowed last year for the purpose of attending camps. Under the Treasury Regulations, those Volunteers whose regiments attend special camps, being attached to army corps, will be 1189 allowed special leave, so far as the requirements of the service will admit, for a period not exceeding a fortnight, without civil salary, to attend camp. Those who devote their annual leave to this purpose will, of course, receive full civil pay.